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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

I feel very pumped indeed!!! I received a few Wilton tools, of course one of it is for making ribbons, as a gift & it wasn't even my birthday or Christmas thus it was unexpected & very pleasant indeed & making ribbons, it would be best to use Fondant & on saying this, as I am more into using my gum paste which I make from scratch for most of my decor work, I wanted to buy a good Fondant which is pliable as I don't want to add some more CMC, which makes the Fondant "slightly" harder & easier to work on so away I went to Cake Connections & bought the Fondant from there.

I bought a 2.5 kg of White Fondant & two 750 gm of Brown Fondant. I had a birthday gathering & I could use this Fondant Ribbons as the decor. I have not decided as to what cake I would bake; perhaps, a Sugee cake which would withstand the weight of the Fondant then cover same with White Fondant; make some Brown Ribbons then I will criss cross 2 Brown Ribbons, sort of tying it like a present & place the Fondant Ribbons/Bow on top; yup like a present & maybe, just maybe, use a small round cutter & cut Brown circles & adhering same to the White Fondant intermittenly to give it a more joyful look but I first needed to make the Bow & as it is Fondant, it takes a longer time to dry so I started making a few of them each day. I started with White, narrower Bows & then progressed to Brown Fondant bows.

After rolling the Brown Fondant with my marble rolling pin, I used a Wilton roller which had Roses embossed on the roller, I used this Wilton roller for the final roll so that the Roses get imprinted on the Brown Fondant. Then I used my, ahem, new gift, the Wilton Ribbon cutter, & cut them into straps & forming it into a loop, I need to place them in my long, wooden rolling pin in order for them to dry & shape to adhere. I then did a double take; how am I going to dry them? I couldn't place the long, wooden rolling pin down to dry as then, it may flatten the Roses? I couldn't very well be holding the rolling pin!!! I have a Wilton drying rack, which I use for drying my flowers, but that was not suitable as the arm of the dry rack was flat so I can place the Fondant loops on it as it wouldn't retain the round shape. The solution was just staring at my face, so to speak!!! I had a basket on my dinning table, so I quickly went in search of 2 "S" pins, slotted the long wooden rolling pin on it & viola, a make shift drying rack!!! Haha, you know the saying, Necessity is the mother of invention?

Waited for a few hours before I gingerly took the Bows out from the rolling pin just to have a check as I knew I needed to dry it for a couple of days as Fondant does not harder fast enuf as compared to Gum Paste.

I love the purrfect symmetry in its shape & the roundness of it all!!!

And now for the down side :( yup, everything has a good side & a down side. I was also trying to achieve something I thought would be hard & yet easy, if you know what I mean :) I was using the eyelet mould to try to make some holey effect, if you see the FIRST picture above, you can see what I mean. I knew it was going to be hard to achieve same & that probably can't be attempted just by one attempt. I have always used Gum Paste as a medium for my decor which, of course I made myself after attending for the class many years ago. I decided to use store bought Fondant & I bought the product from Cake Connection & saw at the back of the package that it was a product of NZ, I was happy. I rolled it slightly too thin. Thought that the bows would look more dainty but I forgot to take into account that the holes would sag slightly when I place it in the rolling pin. So I had temporarily happiness when I saw how beautiful the holes made the Bow; like a see through effect; but my happiness was temporarily as after I hung it on the long wooden rolling pin to dry; it fell down, oooh nooooo!!! But it doesn't matter because going to doing it again, roll it slightly more thicker, most probably tonight & then it will be a battle of the wills between Mr Holey & me. Till my next post, xoxo, Ophelia

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Welcome to my blog. Thanks for visiting me. Hope you enjoyed reading and will appreciate any comments from you.I have, Always, been consumed by a burning desire to be an icon first, in baking and then cooking as I always believe that food is the glue that keeps the family together. It was good that I started learning baking more than 20 years ago to destress for now after retiring more than 6 years ago I am able to go full time in doing what I love best; baking and selling my cakes. Anybody can learn how to bake but genuine interest has to come from the heart and if you want your cakes or food to taste good, You have to bake/cook from the heart.